Stephen King

Stephen King

Long Walk / Thinner

The Long Walk: In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're shot to death.
Thinner: Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweigh Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, "Thinner." Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.


Thursday, January 1, 2015

Short Video


If you go to 1:20 this man brings up The Long Walk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkufXjF4zWQ

I think what he says it interesting. It's brief, but he says something that i never really thought about. He says, "It explores the cruilty of adolesence."

I never thought about the book this way. I looked at it like it was merely a creepy distopian novel, but it's more about adolesence and exploring teenagers. I think this is really cool. It goes back to one of my previous posts about looking into the kids' brains and seeing what they're made of. Apparently, that is the basis of this book. Did any of you guys realize this while reading?
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